Category: Sports Archive 2016
WINONA LAKE – Four members of the Grace College women’s soccer team have earned conference honors.
WINONA LAKE – Grace College junior forward Erik Bowen is the NCCAA National Player of the Week.
WARSAW – Warsaw star senior kicker Andrew Mevis has been selected to take part in the Under Armour All-American Bowl.
WARSAW – Sectional football ticket information and a girls basketball schedule change were issued by Warsaw on Tuesday.
SOUTH BEND – The Notre Dame women’s basketball team is ranked No. 1 in the AP Preseason Poll.
GOSHEN – Northridge’s girls and Concord’s boys are the early clubhouse leaders in the 2016-17 Northern Lakes Conference All-Sports tallies.
SOUTH BEND – Eloy Jimenez, who spent 2016 playing for the South Bend Cubs, was awarded the MiLBY Award for Breakout Prospect of the Year.
AKRON – A preview of the 2016-17 Tippecanoe Valley girls basketball team.
WARSAW – A preview of the 2016-17 Warsaw girls basketball team.
WINONA LAKE – Grace College hosted a Sportsmanship Summit for athletes from the Northern Lakes Conference on Monday.
A large contingent of athletes from Tippecanoe Valley and Whitko have earned All-Conference honors for the fall sports season.
WARSAW – The WCHS girls tennis, boys golf and boys track programs will hold call-out meetings soon for their 2017 seasons.
BOURBON – A trio of Triton volleyball players earned All-HNAC honors for the 2016 season.
BOURBON – A preview of the 2016-17 Triton girls basketball team.
WINONA LAKE – A preview of the 2016-17 Lakeland Christian Academy girls basketball season.
NAPPANEE – A preview of the 2016-17 NorthWood girls basketball team.
SOUTH BEND — It wasn’t easy, but Notre Dame snapped its two-game losing streak with a 30-27 victory over Miami Saturday afternoon.
TERRE HAUTE – Warsaw’s girls team finished 13th while Zeb Hernandez competed at Saturday’s IHSAA Cross Country State Finals.
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana had five different players rush for a touchdown in a 42-36 win over Maryland Saturday afternoon.
INDIANAPOLIS – Penn’s girls and Marian’s boys won soccer titles Saturday in the IHSAA state soccer tournament.
Rochester and Mishawaka Marian both lost in the semi-state round of the IHSAA volleyball tournament.
FORT WAYNE – Stadium Journey has ranked Parkview Field as the best ballpark experience in minor league baseball.
WINONA LAKE — Grace’s men’s basketball team improved to 2-0 to start the year, coasting by Andrews 81-62 on Saturday.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Saquon Barkley and the Penn State Nittany Lions rolled to a 62-24 win at Purdue Saturday afternoon.
NAPPANEE —The undefeated and No. 2 ranked NorthWood football team rolled to a sectional semifinal victory over Northridge Friday night.
BOURBON – Southwood’s first half was too much for Triton in a 39-20 final in the Class 1-A football sectional Friday night.
SOUTH WHITLEY — Whitko fell 20-6 to Churubusco in a Class 2-A football sectional semifinal game Friday night.
WARSAW – Warsaw upended Carroll 23-13 in a Class 6-A football sectional semifinal game Friday night.
HUNTINGTON – The Grace College volleyball team picked up a key conference win at Huntington Friday night.
Scores from area high school football sectional games Friday night.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College men’s basketball team opened its season with a 126-100 win at home Friday night.
Weekly prep, college and pro picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.
AKRON – Tippecanoe Valley will host its Fall Athletic Awards Night on Nov. 1 and also begin selling basketball season tickets on Nov. 1.
SOUTH BEND – Host IUSB rallied to defeat Grace College in a college women’s basketball game Wednesday night.
WARSAW – The WCHS baseball program has a pair of events coming up in preparation for the 2017 season.
A look at area high school football sectional games set for Friday night.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. – Grace College freshman Anna Marshall had a strong showing in the NCCAA National Championships.
KANSAS CITY – A handful of men’s basketball teams from the Crossroads League are ranked in the preseason poll.
KANSAS CITY – Four women’s basketball teams from the Crossroads League are ranked in the preseason poll.
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. – The Grace College men’s golf team finished fourth in the NCCAA National Championships.
WARSAW – Brian Lockhart was recently named the new strength and conditioning coach for Warsaw Community Schools.
MUNCIE — The Ball State Athletics Department, in conjunction with Learfield and SIDEARM Sports – a leader in collegiate athletics web solutions – launched a re-design of BallStateSports.com Monday.
GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference issued Wednesday morning its All-NLC volleyball selections.
FORT WAYNE — Blackhawk topped Triton 3-0 in Tuesday’s regional title tilt.
WARSAW – The WCHS Athletic Office is pre-saling tickets for the home football playoff game on Friday night.
TERRE HAUTE – Warsaw will have its girls team along with Zeb Hernandez among the runners at this Saturday’s IHSAA Cross Country State Finals.
Whitko was among a handful of area volleyball teams knocked out of the IHSAA volleyball regional Tuesday night.
WINONA LAKE – Grace College’s Jon Schram and Caylie Teel were honored this week.
GOSHEN – The Northern Lakes Conference released Tuesday its lists for boys and girls soccer All-Conference teams.
AKRON – The Tippecanoe Valley wrestling program will host a pair of opportunities as the wrestling season is about to begin.
BLOOMINGTON — The Indiana University men’s basketball team will hold its Ninth Annual Haunted Hall of Hoops on Friday, Oct. 28 in Skjodt Simon Assembly Hall. Admission is free. Doors will open for candy and games at 6:30 p.m. with a full scrimmage set to begin at 7:15 p.m.
NAPPANEE – The Penn at NorthWood girls basketball game has been moved to Nov. 5.
NORTH WEBSTER — NWCC will be hosting a Ninja Warrior introduction camp this November.
WARSAW – WCHS senior hoops standout Dayton Groninger has signed to play at Indiana Wesleyan University.
FORT WAYNE — Wawasee’s boys cross country team had a fine meet at Saturday’s New Haven Semi-State and certainly stoked the fire for next season with a strong finish.
FORT WAYNE — The Wawasee girls cross country teams saw its season come to an end Saturday afternoon at the New Haven Semi-state meet at IPFW.
NEW CARLISLE – Warsaw’s girls cross country team advanced to the IHSAA Cross Country State Finals after its performance Saturday at the New Prairie Cross Country Semi-state.
NEW CARLISLE – Warsaw’s Zeb Hernandez qualified for the IHSAA Cross Country State Finals after his efforts Saturday at the New Prairie Cross Country Semi-state.
MUNCIE — Ball State suffered another loss Saturday afternoon at the hands of Akron.
ALBION – The Whitko volleyball team captured the program’s first-ever sectional championship Saturday night at Central Noble.
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern jumped out to an early lead and held on to defeat Indiana 24-14 Saturday afternoon in Big Ten football.
GRAND RAPIDS – The Grace College cross country teams competed in the Great Lakes Challenge on Saturday.
The Penn girls soccer team and the Mishawaka Marian boys soccer team are headed back to Indianapolis next weekend to compete in the IHSAA state soccer finals.
HAMLET – The Triton volleyball team rolled past host Oregon-Davis Saturday night to win its third straight sectional championship.
LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska rallied past Purdue, 27-14, Saturday afternoon in Big Ten football.
BENTON – West Noble won its first volleyball sectional title in 20 years with a 3-0 win over NorthWood Saturday night at the Fairfield Volleyball Sectional.
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s volleyball team swept St. Francis for its second straight win on Senior Day at the Manahan Orthopaedic Capital Center.
WARSAW – The Warsaw volleyball team saw its season end with a 3-1 loss to Concord in the sectional semifinals on Saturday.
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s women’s basketball enjoyed a sparkling debut of its new fast-paced attack, running away to a 78-65 win over Holy Cross.
BENTON – West Noble and NorthWood each won 3-0 Saturday to reach the championship game of the Fairfield Volleyball Sectional.
NORTH MANCHESTER – Manchester University had a handful of its women’s tennis players honored this past week by the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
MIDDLEBURY — The Wawasee football team saw its season come to an end Friday night with a 21-20 loss at the hands of Northridge in the sectional 19 quarterfinals.
AKRON – West Noble held Tippecanoe Valley off the scoreboard twice in the waning moments to secure a 30-28 sectional football win Friday night.
NAPPANEE – Undefeated and No. 2 ranked NorthWood rolled to a 52-13 win over Columbia City in a Class 4-A football sectional opener Friday night.
FULTON – Triton walloped Caston 50-0 in the Class 1-A Sectional No. 43 Friday night.
ALBION — The Whitko football team downed Central Noble 28-24 in Friday’s sectional opener.
High school football scores from the opening round of sectional play Friday night.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College volleyball team defeated Spring Arbor 3-1 Friday night.
Weekly prep, college and pro picks from IFN sports writer Nick Goralczyk.
HAMLET — The Triton volleyball team took the first step in its postseason journey Thursday night. The Trojans swept North Miami 3-0 to advance in the Oregon-Davis sectional quarterfinal.
BENTON – West Noble topped Tippecanoe Valley, 3-0, at the Class 3-A Fairfield Volleyball Sectional Thursday night.
WARSAW – The Warsaw volleyball team defeated Elkhart Memorial 3-0 in a first-round sectional matchup Thursday night.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College women’s soccer team defeated Mt. Vernon Nazarene 1-0 Wednesday night.
A look at week 10 of the local high school football season as postseason play kicks off Friday night.
WARSAW – The Warsaw freshman football team finished its season with a 37-12 win over Concord Tuesday night.
KOHLER, WIS. – Grace College golfer Jon Schram placed second in the Kohler Collegiate Classic to lead his team.
ALBION — Whitko picked up a win in the sectional opener against Fremont Tuesday evening.
SYRACUSE — Wawasee’s freshman team edged Goshen on the gridiron Tuesday night.
WARSAW – Elkhart Central upset No. 5 Penn 3-1 in the opener of the Warsaw Volleyball Sectional Tuesday night.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College tennis teams have received honors from the Crossroads League.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Purdue football interim head coach Gerad Parker met with the media for the first time Tuesday morning.
WINONA LAKE – A preview of the Grace College men’s basketball team for the upcoming 2016-17 season.
WHITESTOWN – The Lakeland Christian Academy volleyball team went 1-1 to finish regular-season play on Saturday.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Darrell Hazell was fired from his head coaching position at Purdue Sunday afternoon.
MOUNT VERNON, OHIO – The Grace College women’s golf team won the Mt. Vernon Nazarene Invitational on Saturday.
WINONA LAKE – The Grace College women’s soccer team played No. 1 Spring Arbor to a 0-0 tie Saturday night.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Iowa scored on five of its first six possessions to stay ahead of Purdue, 49-35, Saturday afternoon.
WARSAW – The Warsaw volleyball team won its own invitational championship on Saturday.
WEST LAFAYETTE – Ross-Ade stadium will have lights installed in time for the 2017 season.
BLOOMINGTON – Indiana missed a chance for back-to-back upsets, losing to Nebraska 27-22 Saturday evening.










































